CLTHY16003

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CIMMYT's Latin America product pipeline Tropical Lowland (LatAm-PP1C) focuses on developing intermediate maturing, yellow  grain, high-yielding maize hybrids that are drought tolerant, resistant to MLB and ear rots, and are suitable for feed use in tropical rainfed dry/wet low-altitude areas in Latin America.   General Information   Region Latin America   Adaptation/Agroecological zone 0 - 1200m above sea level   Type of product Single-cross hybrid   Year first announced 2019             Grain Characteristics Grain Yield   Grain color Yellow Grain yield under optimum conditions 9.2 t/ha   Grain texture Semi-flint Grain yield on-farm 6.4 t/ha       Grain yield under drought stress 2.9 t/ha   Biotic Stress Performance       Maydis leaf blight (MLB) (1-9) 3.5 Agronomic Characteristics   Tar Spot Complex (TSC) (1-9) 4.6 Days to 50% anthesis 60 DAP   Diseases are scored on 1-9 scale, where 1 = Highly resistant; 5 = Tolerant; 9 = Highly susceptible Plant height 254 cm   Ear height 127 cm       Bad husk cover 1.4%   Seed Production Characteristics Ear rot  5.5%   Female seed yield  3.4 t/ha Root lodging 2.9%   Male seed yield  4.3 t/ha Stalk lodging 3.8%   Nicking 3 days Anther-silking interval 1.1 days             Comments Further Links   Product information is based on data from the Hybrids Testing Network, MasAgro Project, 38 sites On-Farm (2018) Trials.

Abbreviations:
DAP = days after planting
MLB = Maydis leaf blight
TSC = Tar Spot Complex Regional Trial Data Summary & Trial Site Information